Today was my first full ride in so so long and it felt great! It was a little weird to be back, honestly, but the team crushed our 65-miler and the ease of it quickly reminded me of our routine pre-COVID. Today’s dedication story was for Bo Oliver, who was engaged to my teammate BaileyContinue reading “Day 33: Kearney, NE to Arapahoe, NE”
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Day 15: Indianapolis, IN to Crawfordsville, IN
Team distance: 38.39 mi Team elevation: 636 ft Dedication: Uncle Tim and Gene, our host’s father Van group: Eli Host: The Queen & I Homestead Bed and Breakfast Today was an interesting, challenging, and emotional day. It was my first day in water van, which entails setting up water stops for the team and chalkingContinue reading “Day 15: Indianapolis, IN to Crawfordsville, IN”
Days 4 & 5: Bedford, PA to Confluence, PA
After a rough day getting in to Bedford, we were ready to seize a new day on our way to Confluence. It took us way too long to get on the road, but after a great breakfast and sweet goodbye with the folks from Bedford Presbyterian we were on our way. The route wasn’t asContinue reading “Days 4 & 5: Bedford, PA to Confluence, PA”
Day 1: Baltimore, MD to Sykesville, MD
Hello from Sykesville! Team Zion is officially on the road and made it safe and sound to our first host. Today was a relatively short ride but a very long day, starting with a 4:40 wake-up time. We all met at Ulman House at 5:30, loaded up the vans, and then drove to a pointContinue reading “Day 1: Baltimore, MD to Sykesville, MD”
Week 20: End of pre-4K life
Alright y’all, this is it. My next update will hopefully be this upcoming Saturday, after my two days of 4K orientation and the night before send-off, which means that this is my last post before I really get into the 4K experience. I’m feeling lots of emotions right now (excitement, panic, nervousness, gratitude, etc.) asContinue reading “Week 20: End of pre-4K life”
Weeks 12 & 13: Reality checks
I took a break from blogging last week to devote more time to my thesis and it kind of paid off I guess? I was hoping to be done with data analysis by now but it’s taking longer than I expected and I definitely need to consult some of my professors before actually writing theContinue reading “Weeks 12 & 13: Reality checks”
Week 11: Struggles and stretches
Today (Sunday) marks only ten weeks until 4K send-off. Ten weeks from this moment I will be somewhere on the road between Baltimore and Frederick with my team, thousands of miles between us and San Francisco. No words. Other than “I’m nervous and don’t feel prepared”! Not being able to ride much this week didn’tContinue reading “Week 11: Struggles and stretches”
Week 7: Getting warmer!
Lexington finally had some semi-decent weather at the beginning of the week so I tried to take advantage by getting back on track with the 4K training plan. I wasn’t perfect, but I’m slowly but surely getting my weekly mileage up! Sunday: One of the only flaws of the Legacy Trail is that it basicallyContinue reading “Week 7: Getting warmer!”
Week 6: In search of energy
This week was a bit of an internal battle in terms of time management. I’ve reached the point in the semester where I feel like I’m running out of time to finish my thesis along with some burnout, so I’ve been struggling to both find the time to exercise and justify using that time forContinue reading “Week 6: In search of energy”
Week 5: The bad kind of slushy
Between some residual bad weather and traveling for Valentine’s Day I didn’t do a whole lot in terms of training so this will be a relatively quick update! Sunday: It would have been a beautiful day for a ride, but the sidewalks and bike lanes in Lexington were still buried under a mess of snow,Continue reading “Week 5: The bad kind of slushy”
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